Jamuna Boro

Jamuna Boro was born on 7 May 1997 in Sonitpur, Assam.{{cite web |title=Indian Boxing Federation Boxer Details |url=http://www.indiaboxing.in/boxerdetails.php?regno=8990 |website=www.indiaboxing.in |accessdate=13 October 2019}} She hails from Belsiri village. Her father, Parshu Boro, died when she was ten years old and her mother, Nirmali Boro had to work as a vegetable vendor.{{cite news |last1=शर्मा |first1=दिलीप कुमार |title=मां बेचती हैं सब्ज़ी और बेटी इंटरनेशनल बॉक्सर |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/sport-40407412 |access-date=8 March 2021 |work=BBC News हिंदी |date=27 June 2017 |language=hi}} In September 2021, Boro was appoineted as an excise inspector under the state sports policy of Assam.{{cite news|title=I am really honoured, says Boxer Jamuna Boro after receiving appointment letter for Excise Inspector|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/jamuna-boro-boxer-assam.html|work=NE Now|date=3 September 2021|access-date=23 May 2022}}

She started her career as a Wushu player, coached by John Smith Narzary. In 2009, during the State Wushu Championship held at Udalguri, she was spotted by the observers of Sports Authority of India (SAI). Later she started boxing and was selected for the SAI Regional Sub Centre, based in Guwahati.{{cite news|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0117%2Fsports055|title=Concern over govt's apathy towards Jamuna|work=The Assam Tribune|date=30 June 2017|access-date=23 August 2018|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927152549/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0117%2Fsports055|url-status=dead}} She is included in the Elite Women's team.{{cite web|url=http://boxingfederation.in/elite-women/|title=Elite Women |website=Indian Boxing Federation |accessdate=14 June 2019}} She won a silver medal in the 56th Belgrade Women's Boxing Tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.eubcboxing.org/news/56th-belgrade-winner-tournament-bulletin/|title=56th Belgrade Winner – tournament bulletin|publisher=European Boxing Confederation|date=29 April 2018|access-date=22 August 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/news/jamuna-wins-silver/|title=Jamuna wins silver|work=The Sentinel (Guwahati)|date=30 April 2018|access-date=23 August 2018}} She had participated at the 2nd ‘Bengal Classic’ All India Invitational Elite (Men/ Women) Boxing Championship, held in Jatin Das Park, Kolkata from 21 to 25 January 2019 and 67th All India Police Wrestling Cluster held in Jaipur from 27 Feb to 3 March 2019. She won gold medal at the 2nd India Open International Boxing Tournament held in Guwahati from 20 to 24 May 2019 where she defeated her rivals Meena Kumari Maisnam in semi-finals and Y Sandhyarani Devi in the finals. She won gold medal at the 23rd President's Cup 2019 Boxing International Open Tournament held in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara where she beat her opponents Kase Serlin Alin Liliwati of Indonesia in semi-finals and Giulia Lamagna of Italy in the finals both by 5–0. She is registered with Boxing Federation of India.

In November 2019, Boro signed up with sports management firm Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS) which will handle her endorsements and commercial interests.{{cite news|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/five-world-medallist-boxers-sign-up-with-ios-119111500762_1.html|title= Five world-medallist boxers sign up with IOS|last=PTI|date=15 November 2019|accessdate=23 September 2020}}

Boro, in 54 kg category, was amongst ten boxers who had represented India in The 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Ulan-Ude, Russia from 3 to 13 October 2019.{{cite news |title=Mary Kom, Sarita Devi among 10 women boxers selected for AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/mary-kom-sarita-devi-among-10-women-boxers-selected-for-aiba-womens-world-boxing-championships20190808174834/ |access-date=10 March 2021 |work=ANI News |date=6 August 2019 |language=en}} She lost to Chinese Taipei's Huang Hsiao-wen in the semifinal and had to settle with a bronze medal.{{cite news |title=Jamuna Boro settles for bronze in AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/oct/12/jamuna-boro-settles-for-bronze-in-aiba-womens-world-boxing-championships-2046595.html |accessdate=11 December 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=12 October 2019}}

• 2021: Bronze - 5th Elite Women's National Boxing Championship, Hisar (city).
• 2019: Bronze – AIBA World Boxing Championship at Ulan-Ude, Russia.
• 2019: Gold – India Open International Boxing Tournament, Guwahati.
• 2019: Gold – President Cup Boxing International Open Tournament, Indonesia.
• 2018: Silver – Belgrade Boxing Championship, Serbia.
• 2015: Bronze – World Youth Boxing Championship; Taipei.
• 2013: Gold – 2nd Nations Cup International Sub-Junior Girls Tournament; Zrenjanun, Serbia.
• 2012: Gold – 7th Sub-Junior Women National Boxing Championships; Kolkata.
• 2011: Gold – 2nd Sub-Junior Women National Boxing Championships; Tamil Nadu.
• 2010: Gold – 1st Sub-Junior Women National Boxing Championship; Tamil Nadu.

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• [http://www.indiaboxing.in/boxerdetails.php?regno=8990 Jamuna Boro] at Indian Boxing Federation
• [https://boxrec.com/en/amateurboxer/899898 Jamuna Boro] at BoxRec

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Category:1997 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Guwahati

Category:People from Sonitpur district

Category:Sportswomen from Assam

Category:Boxers from Assam

Category:Indian women boxers

Category:AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists

Category:Bantamweight boxers

Category:21st-century Indian women